My brother-in-law is getting married today, and guess who’s invited! So I’ll get as much done here as I can, hopefully everything, but if I have to cut things short, that’ll be why, and I’ll try and get the rest later.

1. Shortpacked author David Willis has found a new movie trailer which I can only describe as glorious: Get Smart, apparently showing before Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

   …and if that video isn’t working for you, as it’s stopped for me (it keeps cutting off at 14 seconds to try and force-feed me Veggie Tales or something), then let this link be the “Apple” of your eye.

   Normally, I have this eye-rolling trepidation about these TV show-based movies, but really… I think this will be the one to do it right.

   June 20, 2008 cannot come soon enough.

2. TransFormers news remains almost ironically thin. A D20 game sample has surfaced, though it seems likely that it’s not official.

   Hasbro’s Masterpiece Starscream has infiltrated eBay.

   And TF Pulp has a new article detailing part 4 of 12 of the TransFormers: Zone story.

   IGN has also scored an exclusive interview with the director of TransFormers: Animated.

3. Word from Atomic Fire is that MegaMan Star Force, the anime, is coming to American airwaves much sooner than we had expected.

   As for Canada? I guess we’re screwed for now. Which sucks, as I would like to see it. I’ve been on the fence regarding the game, but I still want to give it a fair chance. But it feels like Capcom’s doing everything in their power (if Dragon really is exclusive to GameStop) to keep it from me.

   Yeah, I know, not really their fault, but that doesn’t make my side of things any easier.

4. Press the Buttons and AMN have taken a look at the newest Castlevania title, The Dracula X Chronicles, and of course given their thoughts. Sounds like a real treat in the making.
5. Radio always seemed like a fun gig. Maybe now, Rockstar will make my dreams come true, if I submit a clip to be featured in their upcoming Grand Theft Auto IV.

   If you’d like to help me out with a short script, leave something in the comments or use the News Submission link on the left there to let me know, and we can see what we can put together.

   Now, where’s my microphone?

6. Sony’s PS3 pricing strategy: it’s like the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing.

   See, Sony, this is why you’re not taken as seriously any more.

   What’s more surprising, though, is that they don’t think the lower-end model will be around past July.

   And Europe? They might not even bother.

7. GameTrailers has yet more E3 fun with Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Toronto damn near got the Olympics for that year, it’s too bad in a way), Ratchet & Clank, Simpsons DS (almost be a shame if they didn’t use “D’oh” in a DS acronym).
8. GameSpot goes hands-on with more at E3, such as Build-a-Bear DS, Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am, Harvest Moon Wii, and Mario & Sonic.
9. The Wii -and DS- are huge in Japan. No secret about that.

   They are SO huge, in fact, that it’s starting to worry Japanese TV executives.

   This calls for 50cc’s of angsty shonen anime, stat!

   Or maybe they ought to look into that televised gaming thing.

10. Seems that the new PSP is going to replace the old. No real surprise there, DS did the same thing.

    But between this and the new PS3 package, both announced at the same time with the old versions being phased out, it almost feels like Sony’s saying “we really started this generation out on the wrong foot.”

    Or maybe it’s just me.

11. If Virtual Console is your thing, well…

    I guess this isn’t really good OR bad news, but basically Game|Life confirms with Beth Llewelyn of Nintendo that they probably aren’t ramping up VC releases. Might be nice if they at least caught us up with the rest of the world, though.

12. Chris Kohler of Game|Life also got to go hands-on with The Simpsons for XBox 360 and Nintendo DS, discovering some video game parody along the way.

    In fact, quite a bit. So much that EA assigned a lawyer to work on just that game to make sure they’re in the clear when referencing “SequelStop” and “Sitar Hero.” The game may be worth it on those merits alone, but it sounds like it will be a fun endeavor anyway.

13. Finally (sorry, folks, time’s running slim here), 1up goes hands-on with Ratchet & Clank.

–LBD “Nytetrayn”

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